Rise of the Empire Total War

"Load the artillery! Load the artillery!"

"fire!"

boom--

The heavy solid iron ball slammed into the Akanania Alliance Army array at a distance of 100 meters away, smashing the bodies of all soldiers blocking its path, plowing a blood path, and causing the soldiers to launch an array. The array exclaimed, and subconsciously retreated a few steps. Several generals saw their movements in their eyes. The generals immediately drew their swords, yelled angrily, and ordered them to return to their original positions.

The walls of the Amatlia stronghold were also very busy, because Charles had previously ordered the walls to be remodeled so that they could accommodate the firing of siege guns, so most of the siege guns in the army were mounted on the walls. Under the operation of the operators, the enemy outside the city was bombarded. Fortunately, the walls of the strongholds were all made of marble. Otherwise, with the recoil of the siege artillery, they would be able to shake the walls themselves without the enemy’s attack. Collapsed.

The shelling of the Vinster garrison quickly caused chaos in the Akanania army. The tragedy of the soldiers who died under the solid bullets shocked the hearts of the surrounding soldiers. They might not be afraid of death before, but they saw it. After the comrade-in-arms had almost no dead bodies, they were completely left behind if they were afraid of death.

Facing the shelling of the defenders, Cassiano immediately ordered the artillery of his own army to counterattack. The ten captured artillery was then pushed to the front and fired at the walls of Amatlia. After a series of shelling, several shells were fired. The Winster army that hit the city wall and the city wall was caught off guard by the sudden shelling. A few hapless guys were even hit by unabated shells after the wall was smashed. They didn't even have time to make a scream. He was taken by a shell and fell off the city wall.

"Damn! How can the enemy have artillery?"

"Pay attention to concealment! There is no training in how to avoid shelling in our training subjects!"

For a while, the walls were filled with the curses and screams of the soldiers. Although Charles knew this, he couldn't do anything at all. He could only try to command the artillery on the wall to fire at the enemy’s siege cannon, praying for the gun Destroy the artillery that should have belonged to them during the war.

Immediately, the two armies entered the artillery battle. For a time, artillery was blasted over the Amatlia stronghold. A large number of artillery shells glided each other in mid-air, and then hit the wall surface or fell into the dense crowd, but it was always impossible. Accurately hit the target. The poor accuracy of the early siege artillery was shown vividly at this moment. The soldiers of the two armies who watched were anxious and wished they would go up and control the artillery by themselves.

Seeing all this, Ennio De Concini, the commander of the first regiment next to Charles, was also a little anxious, and asked his chief general: "General, should I inform General Faulkner to launch an attack."

"Not in a hurry." Charles shook his head and did not agree. In his opinion, at least he would have to wait for the Akananians to formally attack the city before they can enter the battlefield-and in his line of sight, because of the condescending Because of this, he could clearly see that the enemy infantry was cutting down trees and making siege equipment.

"Wait." He added, "Let the soldiers withdraw into the tower first. It seems that the Akananians will not attack the city today."

"Yes." Ennio leaned down and bowed, replied, then straightened up, looked at the massive enemy army outside the city, and sighed deeply.

...

That night, the weather that was otherwise good was suddenly thunderstorms, and white lightning flashed from time to time on the horizon, as if torn apart by gravity, accompanied by deafening thunder. Every time a thunder and lightning flashed, the sky and the earth were dazzling. The white light was dyed into the day, and the captive chickens and ducks in the stronghold were flapping their wings and croaking.

Walking in the guard room at the top of the city gate, Charles looked at the daylight that flashed outside the city from time to time, and his ears were full of the sound of rain pounding on the roof and the ground. Seeing Charles approaching, a few soldiers who were about to sleep on the mat in the guard room quickly stood up and saluted him. Charles waved his hand when he saw Charles and motioned them to lie down and rest. However, they were very noisy outside. Maybe I can't fall asleep.

In such a humid weather, the soldiers' muskets would be unusable. He looked at a small puddle of water on the floor and thought with anxiety that not only was the musket unusable, but the artillery deployed on the city wall could not be fired, even though the soldiers covered the artillery with waterproofing as soon as it rained. The gun suit, but the rain is so heavy, the artillery will still be affected.

"Damn it." Charles cursed in a low voice. The only good news for him from this thunderstorm was that the enemy's artillery would also be affected. They didn't understand the necessity of damp proofing. After the rain stopped, it would be scrapped. . And the other good news is that the enemy will not launch a siege within a short period of time. If the enemy initiates a siege, the new army that cannot use the musket to defend the enemy can only fight with the poor saber.

Click——Long——

Another thunder slammed, and everything outside the shooting hole of the guard room turned into a day. With this dazzling light, Charles could see the camps of the Akanania Alliance Army outside, and the camps were in the rain. Shivering under the washing, as if it might be overturned at any time.

...

The thunderstorm lasted until two days later and finally stopped. Two consecutive days of heavy rain made the stronghold almost become a piece of land~www.wuxiamtl.com~Walking on the ground, the cold and dirty water overflowed the soldiers. Our calves seldom dry out their military boots, so the soldiers can only live tenaciously with their wet boots.

Being in a humid place has caused many soldiers in the army to get colds or other diseases, which made Charles suddenly nervous, and quickly gathered the sick soldiers and quarantined them for fear of spreading their diseases to others. Normal soldiers also asked the priests in the army to treat these sick soldiers, but with the medical conditions of the Middle Ages, their treatment did not have much effect.

Not only was the Winster army in the Amatlia stronghold attacked by the disease, but the Akanania Alliance Army outside the city also suffered the same symptoms. Compared with the living conditions of the defenders in the stronghold, their residence The environment is even worse, and their strongholds are well protected against light rain. Once this kind of thunderstorm is encountered, it can almost be said to be heavy rain outside the house and light rain inside the house, so their soldiers have basically been caught in the rain these days, and soon Most of the soldiers contracted various diseases, and they didn't have to wait for the Winsters to counterattack, and they collapsed on their own.

Knowing that many soldiers in the army were sick, Commander Cassiano suddenly felt bad, and took the same measures as Charles, isolating the sick soldiers, and summoning military doctors for treatment. In addition, in order to avoid being warmed He ordered the withdrawal of troops under the attack of the Sisters-but this order was opposed by many generals and soldiers.